Shireen Abu Akleh: Israeli Forces Assault Mourners Carrying Casket Ahead of Burial [View all]
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Source: Middle East Eye
Israeli forces fired stun grenades and assaulted mourners carrying the coffin of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh outside a Jerusalem hospital on Friday, ahead of her funeral service and burial in the Old City.
Palestinian mourners insisted on carrying Abu Akleh’s coffin on their shoulders from the St Joseph French Hospital to the Roman Catholic church in the Old City, before taking her to her final place of rest, the Mount Zion cemetery.
Before they could leave the hospital premises, Israeli forces attacked them, pushing them back, storming the yard and making arrests.
An Al Jazeera livestream captured the moment mourners nearly dropped Abu Akleh’s coffin as Israeli forces beat them.
Read more: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/shireen-abu-akleh-funeral-israel-forces-assault-mourners
As a Jew, news like this makes me cringe even more than otherwise. SOMETHING must be done to stop these excesses, as they clearly throw gasoline on the flames of burgeoning anti-semitism around the planet
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